BIB_ID
303692
Accession number
MA 733.18
Creator
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
Display Date
1783 Apr. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed to "Mrs. Gardiner / Sleaford / Lincolnshire."
Docketed "83 -- April 2d."
Part of a collection of letters from John Newton primarily to Mrs. Gardiner. Items in the collection have been described separately in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 733 for more information.
Written from his lodgings in Hoxton Square.
Docketed "83 -- April 2d."
Part of a collection of letters from John Newton primarily to Mrs. Gardiner. Items in the collection have been described separately in individual catalog records; see collection-level record for MA 733 for more information.
Written from his lodgings in Hoxton Square.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. probably before 1913.
Summary
Discussing the death of Mrs. Cunningham (Mrs. Newton's sister), noting that her only surviving child has come to live with the Newtons. Mentioning mutual acquaintances.
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